The pro-government news website Chimp Reports says five Uganda Young Democrats attempted to storm the embassy.
The private Daily Monitor newspaper has tweeted some photos of the demonstration:
“Trump in his manifesto said he would deal with long-serving African presidents including President Museveni. We had to show our solidarity with him,” Hakim Kizza, one of the members of the group, is quoted as saying.
The group arrived at the embassy at 9am, and began a surprise pro-Trump demonstration, a witnessed said. After taking embassy security by surprise, the youth started negotiations ostensibly to be allowed to campaign for Mr Trump from inside the diplomatic premises.
They were denied access, but refused to budge.
This prompted Uganda police deployed to guard the US embassy to call for reinforcement, resulting in a crackdown that sent the demonstrators and journalists fleeing.
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